Bat predation and flight timing of winter moths, Epirrita and Operophtera species (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Svensson, Mats G E ^a   Rydell, Jens ^b   Brown, Richard ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EPIRRITA; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; VESPERTILIO MURINUS;

EID: 0033016251     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546713     Document Type: Article

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